2 Kings 12:12

12 and to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that had to be laid out on the house for repairs.

2 Kings 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:12

And to masons, and hewers of stone
Which they cut out of the mountain, and the masons repaired the stone walls with:

and to buy timber;
felled in Lebanon:

and hewed stone;
fitted for building with:

to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord;
where both timber and stone were wanting:

and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it;
in whatsoever else it needed, as iron and brass to mend it, ( 2 Chronicles 24:12 ) .

2 Kings 12:12 In-Context

10 And it came to pass when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.

11 And they gave the money, weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, who were appointed over the house of Jehovah; and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,

12 and to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that had to be laid out on the house for repairs.

13 However there were not made for the house of Jehovah basons of silver, knives, bowls, trumpets, nor any utensil of gold or utensil of silver, of the money that was brought [into] the house of Jehovah;

14 but they gave that to the workmen, and repaired the house of Jehovah with it.